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@sociologyandstigma
You know what, developing boys shouldn’t be seeing this either. I’ve seen plenty of grown men who barely know what real (ie not photoshopped) women look like, especially in swim suits. Which leads to girls getting teased about their body by their peers from a young age.
this🙌🏽
People don’t understand this when I explain it to them.
New Zealand’s Prime Minister repeatedly pulls waitress’ hair, finds it funny.
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is being called a “playground bully” after a waitress claimed that he repeatedly pulled her hair during visits to the cafe where she worked.
It is only the latest controversy for Key, who has previously come under fire for gaffes ranging from joking about cannibalism to “mincing” on a catwalk. But #tailgate (the Internet can never resist a terrible pun) might be the most bizarre yet.
“He would come up behind me when I was at the ordering terminal, tug on my hair and then pretend that his wife, Bronagh, had done it (much to her embarrassment), and she would tell him to stop it. As he rounded the corner behind me he commented ‘that’s a very tantalising ponytail,‘” the waitress wrote in an anonymous blog post Tuesday. “… It seemed as though the more I disliked it and made myself absent the more fun it became for him, the more he enjoyed the challenge of approaching from behind me, unsuspected.”
Neither the spokesman nor Key challenged the waitress’s version of events.
In her post, written for “the Daily Blog,” the waitress said that the hair pulling started during election season last fall.
“He was like the school yard bully tugging on the little girls’ hair trying to get a reaction, experiencing that feeling of power over her,” she wrote.
After months of this, the she turned around and wagged a finger at the PM, saying “no” repeatedly until he backed off. A month later, she says he approached her with his hands raised, singing the theme from “Jaws,” and gestured as if to reach behind her. Key’s wife told him to stop, but he pulled the waitress’s ponytail again on the way out the door. She threatened to hit him, and he left, returning later with two bottles of wine.
“I didn’t realize,” she says he told her.
“‘I didn’t realize.’ Really?! That was almost more offensive than the harassment itself,” the waitress wrote.
This isn’t the first time Key has gotten in trouble for strange or inappropriate behavior. It’s not even the first time he’s been caught hair pulling — he was filmed yanking on a little girl’s pigtail in 2014.
Key was criticized in 2010 for joking about cannibalism when he said that a Maori tribe might “have him for dinner” during a dispute over land.
In 2012, he triggered an international backlash for using the word “gay” as an insult. (That controversy spread as far as actor Ian McKellan, who wrote in a blog post “Mr Key should watch his language.”)
He’s been mocked for performing the viral dance “Gangnam Style” and “mincing” down a catwalk during the unveiling of Rugby World Cup volunteers uniforms. And last winter online commenters accused him of making fun of domestic violence when he wore a shirt that read “I’m not sorry for being a man” — a reference to a Labour politician’s speech in which he apologized for domestic violence perpetrated by men.
“‘Going too far’ is part of Key’s deliberate trade-craft as a Prime Minister,” Audrey Young, political editor for the New Zealand Herald, wrote in an opinion piece Wednesday. “He does things ordinary people might do but that have shock value because he is Prime Minister.”
Women’s groups and Key’s opponents were quick to condemn him for the incident.
“It’s a sign of how out of touch John Key has become when he can’t even monitor how inappropriate his personal behavior is, and when people are not comfortable with how he is behaving,” Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei told the New Zealand Herald.
Sue McCabe, chief executive of the National Council of Women of New Zealand, said it indicates broader problems in the county’s culture.
“Trhe fact that our Prime Minister has joined the list of people outed for sexism highlights how much sexism is a part of our culture. And it starts at the top,” she wrote in an open letter.
As for the rest of the world? Many are reevaluating their complaints about their countries’ politicians.
Sometimes good posts are made by annoying people so I’ll help out
These are Safe Shorts. They were made by Sandra Seilz after someone attempted to rape her. If the fabric is torn, an alarm will be sounded.
This is the Rape-aXe, invented by a South African doctor by the name of Sonnet Ehlers. After interviewing a rape victim who wished she had teeth down there, she made this. If someone’s penis is inserted and pulled back out, the teeth will sink in, and can only be removed by a doctor.
The Killer Tampon (couldn’t find a site for it), made by retired anaesthetist Jaap Haumann. When penetration takes place, the sharp end will slice the offending appendage.
The Anti-Rape Belt (also couldn’t find a site), made by a group of Swedish teenagers led by Nadja Björk. It requires two hands to undo.
Anti-Rape Underwear/Bra (once again), as made by a group of Indian students. Will deliver an electric shock when met with unwanted advances, as well as sounding an alarm.
Undercover Colours. Made by 4 male undergraduates at North Carolina U, they change colours when in contact with chemicals or drugs that cause unconsciousness. Used in case you’re wary that your drink has been roofied.
These are just tools to help, but in addition to being mindful of your situations and staying safe, they can help when the worst happens.
Stay safe.
I am so proud of him. I love Terry so much. He is doing what other men are too afraid to do he is really risking so much by doing this.
Ameeeeeen! Crews has been nothing but a class act.
A furloughed DHS worker explains why it’s “disingenuous” to pretend the US isn’t already funding border security. Watch.
From Casa Susanna: Photographs from a 1950s Trans Hideaway
these photos of casa susanna were the first pictures i ever saw of trans women in the past and theyve been important to me since coming out
these pictures are very rare and very important.
Read the full story of Casa Susanna here.
We stan an Queen.
Just casually going to reblog this from myself, because it’s about fucking time everyone accepted that “trans” is not an insult.
“[I]t is actually more expensive to be poor than not poor. If you can’t afford the first month’s rent and security deposit you need in order to rent an apartment, you may get stuck in an overpriced residential motel. If you don’t have a kitchen or even a refrigerator and microwave, you will find yourself falling back on convenience store food, which — in addition to its nutritional deficits — is also alarmingly overpriced. If you need a loan, as most poor people eventually do, you will end up paying an interest rate many times more than what a more affluent borrower would be charged. To be poor — especially with children to support and care for — is a perpetual high-wire act.”
— It Is Expensive to Be Poor | The Atlantic
“Poverty charges interest ” holy hell. Ive never read$heard someone put it that way before. But its so friggen true.
We stan an Queen.
Just casually going to reblog this from myself, because it’s about fucking time everyone accepted that “trans” is not an insult.
The Past is The Past, Matt Bors
Bob and a few other queens got REAL about racism.
Karamo Brown, who has worked with survivors of sexual assault as a therapist and social worker, takes issue with the visible age difference between the film's two leads.
go karamo go
“Crazy Dion” Diamond at one of his sit-ins as a teenager in Arlington, VA. June 10, 1960
via reddit
All of those people around him are demons
hey guys! here’s some fun things i learned from this article about Dion Diamond:
he did these sit-ins by himself. like idk about you, but i always thought of sit-ins as organized by groups, what kind of bravery does it take, man
he didn’t tell anyone about it, like he was no glory-seeker about this. his parents didn’t even know until reporters started calling them up like “hey, did you know your son is in jail?
when someone called the cops he’d skedaddle out the back door although he was sent to prison multiple times
the last time he got arrested was in Baton Rouge, and the cops were so sick of him that they told inmates they’d put in a good word for anyone who gave Diamond a hard time. (the inmates didn’t take the bait.)
he’s still alive!
hark, a hero of our times!
